A. Microfiber cloth as soon as I pull in.
B. If a car is in front of me its better to stop and wait a while. Otherwise its a dust and rock storm.
C. If its still wet from rains just take the much longer way home.

 

I have ridden some dirt as well and it does help. But you prob can't afford a dirt bike so doesn't help much eh

just keep practicing

 

I most certainly can afford a dirt bike. There just isn't much place around here to take it.

 

I just noticed your sig, and I'd be real careful riding thru gravel/dirt with no front fender. But like I said, practice.

Is a nice Sporty btw

 

The hi twisty dirt & gravel back roads in Colorado gave me the education on that kinda riding , an out of control slide isn't an option when there's a 2000' drop 6 foot a way and you can see old wrecks down there .

All joking aside it takes time to learn how to ride on less than best case road condition be it dirt or just rainy slick roads . Take your time keep your head in the game try not to over react to things that's the one get's you most times . Good luck man .

 

Yep, a dirtbike can teach you a lot of little tricks. You want to weight the outside of the bike. Your center of gravity should be close to being over the tires contact point with the ground. By weighting the outside peg, you get the CG to the outside and as low as possible.

 

Dirt riding taught me to keep my butt up off the seat and use body English...used to ride my Road King two up on a rutted out gravel road to one of my girlfriends mom's house...that sucked a lot.

I love being on my Uly on dirt roads though...it's a hoot, man!

 

you know what your comfort level is so you should listen to it until your comfort level increases. Do what You feel is safe. It will get easier, trust me, I'm a doctor...

 

Man I've been riding bikes for 40+ years and I still take it easy on dirt and gravel roads, as soon as you let your guard down, thats when your bike will slip and slide on you.

 

it may seem counter intuitive but adding throttle when the bike get a little twitchy or especially when making small changes in direction will help a lot. (drive with your back tire) 2 miles on gravel every time i leave home and come back.also growing up on dirt bikes helps. if it wasn't for fear of chipping the paint i'd ride the gravel at 60. it's actually easier.